Thing #12

The two Google tools that I really like and could really see myself using in the classroom are: Google Alerts and Google translate. For example, with google alerts I can get updates on current world events. If I was teaching about Italy I could receive updates on the Vatican and the process of selecting a new pope or on weather systems such as hurricanes or earthquakes. I am also very familiar and quite enjoy google translator. This has helped me with Spanish homework and if I had a student who was still learning English I could use this site to help me communicate more easily and translate homework and test directions to make some modifications to curriculum.